- Date
- May 3, 1973
- Place
- Culebra Island, PR · CULEBRA ISLAND, PR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1905XCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730503011009A
- Case key
- 190723
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0963 73/5/3 CULEBRA ISLAND,PR CESSNA 182H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 650 TIME - 2151 N1905X PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULEBRA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- GO ARND AT NITE OVER UNLTD AREA.HAD MISIDENTIFIED FIELD. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.O6 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1905X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Culebra
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.